Testing out System Recovery with Bitlocker

Question

Hello,

I was originally told that with Bitlocker, unlike other third party encryptions, you can still restore from a recovery point. However, I created a recovery point while logged into the OS and tried to restore it while logged into the OS. The system then rebooted, attempted the restore, then failed. I then tried booting into system restore, entered my recovery key and was told that I had no recovery points, I'm guessing because I created recovery points while the drive was still encrypted.

So my questions are:

1. Do I have to decrypt the drive everytime I want to create a recoverable restore point?
2. If no, how do I create a recoverable restore point?
3. If yes, what is the most efficient way to decrypt first and does that also mean I always have to boot into system restore with my recovery key to go back to the restore point?

Answer 1

Hello Jessica,

You should be able to just temporarily suspend BitLocker protection until after you have done the system restore.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/38508-suspend-resume-bitlocker-protection-drive-windows-10-a.html